The Tiger Parent Newsletter
Week of December 4th-8th
Happy First Weekend of December, Tiger Families!
It’s hard to believe our Winter Break is just around the corner when it’s so sunny and nice outside. I hope you’re getting to take advantage of this beautiful weather with your family. We have lots of exciting events in the next few weeks for your Tigers and look forward to seeing you in the next few weeks.
This week GCISD hosted its first District Spanish Spelling Bee. Students that represented Timberline are:
Denisse Balbuena - 4th
Karley Blaisure - 4th
Simon Calvillo - 4th
Christopher Chavez - 5th
Carlos Esquivel - 5th
Kenneth Piña - 4th
Madeline Rios - 5th
Cindy Rivera- 5th
Estephania Rodriguez - 5th
Keily Rosado - 5th
Richard Vargas - 5th
Douglas Vega - 5th
Madeline Rios, a Timberline 5th grade Tiger, placed 2nd in the district! Congratulations to all of our Tigers for making us proud!
Be sure to mark your calendars now for our GCISD Holiday Break December 22 – January 8. December 21st is an early release day with students dismissed at 11:45.
Thank you for all you do every day to support our school and your kiddos! We couldn’t do it without you!
Proud to be your principal,
Ms. Ingram
District Spanish Spelling Bee
Important Dates and Information
12/4-12/5 Puerto Rico Fundraiser
12/4 Last day to turn in Alice in Wonderland form to Mr. Beale
12/5 Alice in Wonderland auditions 3:15 at Timberline
12/7 Grapevine Parade of Lights 7:00 on Main Street
Coming Up!
12/20 Class Holiday Parties Details will come home in this week's folder
12/21 2nd Sharpen the Saw Club Day and Early Release @ 11:45
12/22-1/8 Student Holiday Break
1/9 Students return to school
Deadline Extended for the Alice in Wonderland Audition Forms!
Timberline Family Principal Meet and Greet
Our Meet and Greet will be at the LAC (Language Assessment Center behind KidzU) this Tuesday, December 5th from 10:00am – 3:00pm come and go. Come share ideas, hear about what’s happening at our school and enjoy time getting to know each other. There will be refreshments and crafts!
Shine Our Light on Puerto Rico
Next week, December 4th - December 5th are the last 2 days of the Shine Our LIght on Puerto Rico Fundraiser, where we are collecting funds to help purchase medical supplies for the people of Puerto Rico. Included here is a video from Dr. Olga Lliteras, a pediatrician who works in Puerto Rico and who is the cousin of Sra. Hernandez, our awesome Timberline CALA teacher. Please consider making a contribution to help our friends in need.
Parade of Lights
This Thursday, December 7th, is the Grapevine Parade of Lights from 7:00 – 8:00 pm on Main Street. Timberline will have our float there and we would love to have you come see our Tigers! Parking information is available here
Winter Parties
Winter Parties will be December 20th . Look for information about the time your child’s party will be in this week’s grade level newsletter! Our annual Timberline Holiday School Sing-a-long will be on the 20th as well, beginning at 8:15. Parents are welcome to join us for the Sing-a-long!
Ride Change, Doctor's Appointments and Emergency Care for Late Pickups
The school will follow the direction you provided about how your child gets home each day. If there is a change to this, you must notify the office in one of the following ways:
Send a written note with your child with details for how he or she will get home that day.
Email maria.reyes@gcisd.net with details for how you child will be picked up prior to 2:00 p.m.
Call the office 817-251-5770 prior to 2:00 p.m.
Changes cannot be made by text messages or calls to teachers. Teachers are working with your children during the school day and we can’t ensure that information will get to the office.
If your child has a doctor's appointment that requires leaving school early:
- Please notify the office the day before the appointment so the office has time to prepare necessary checkout for you.
- Pick up your child prior to 2:30 for early release. Because of the size of our school, we are not able to process early pickups after this time. This is a shared policy across GCISD elementary campuses.
- Send a doctor's note in with your child the following day so that we are able to excuse the partial absence.
If you have an emergency and are not able to pick up your child(ren) by 3:20:
- Your child(ren) will be taken to KidzU for supervision at which time an emergency care fee is charged.
- KidzU is located at the Timberline Annex, across from the LAC.
- Unless there are unforeseen circumstances such as inclement weather, our car rider dismissal line is cleared by 3:20.
- If possible, please call the office to alert us of the emergency.
Ways and Where the Tigers Tell Our Timberline Story
Email: firstname.lastname@gcisd.net
Website: http://www.gcisd-k12.org/Domain/2032
Location: 3220 Timberline Drive, Grapevine, TX, United States
Phone: 817-251-5770
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Twitter: @TimberlineNews